Every Devil

Why I would still work for British Petroleum
-And Supporting The Toronto Police-



People have a lot of difference reasons they end up where they are. Family, location, pay, challenges, ethics, morals and rewards are all factors that play out their roles in our lives. Finding our place in the work world is not always about finding the perfect job. Sometimes it means deciding what we can offer and ignore. I can offer you honest insightful work. I possess creative drive and an unprecedented focus. I can offer you three things: My maturing skills, my loyalty and the pliable mind of youth.

I see conceding ethics in a positive light. It’s not about giving up something you believe in. It can be about the pursuit of new knowledge and procedure; a view from the other side. You can be an honest caring person and still lie through your teeth about the benefits or risks involved with X. You can do whatever you want, and the secret to living with it is by making those skills part of your arsenal, not part of your nature.

The way I see it, helping British Petroleum improve their image would be a monumental task, a chore which I would take on whole-heartedly. A failure like this could happen to anyone, it just happened to be BP. It’s happened to others before. And I would have worked for them too, all of them.
Enron, Exxon-valdez, AIG, Goldman Sachs, Bernard Madoff, all of them. You know why? Because they handled themselves incredibly poorly. When a company is in a haemorrhaging state like that they need all the good help they can get and they’re willing to pay the big money for it. With some camera time I’d even like to represent these companies in front of their enemies.

But let’s talk about Toronto for a moment. This city is not a “police state” and it never will be. Activism is one thing and I give props to all of you U of T and Montreal students with your ironic protests. Down with American Apparel! You fucking idiots. I used to be in a lifestyle where I didn’t really like the police. I would not show them my ID if they asked me during some random day. But during an international event like this? What are you so afraid of? Why do people get so self-assured at the chance to “voice their rights”. I have rights too but I’ll be damned if you catch me anywhere near downtown Toronto and you know why? Because the police are trying really hard to do their fucking jobs, so why would assholes like me and you want to go down and make it worse?

I stand by the boys in blue. I would say they should be more aggressive if anything. But hey, I’d like to thank for Toronto for the recent media coverage. You’d think this was Tiananmen Square if you’d never been here before.

To recap, every devil needs a smiling face.

-Kade